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Men's Volleyball Notches Two More NEAC Wins

3/4/2017 — CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - The Penn State Altoona men's volleyball team added two more wins to its North Eastern Athletic Conference record, as the Lions defeated Lancaster Bible College 3-1 and Wilson College 3-0 on Saturday afternoon.

The Lions (13-4, 7-1 NEAC) dropped the first set to Lancaster Bible (16-6, 6-2 NEAC) by a score of 25-20 before battling back to take the next three by scores of 25-19, 25-19, 25-19.

Bradley Colditz (Upper St. Clair, PA/Upper St. Clair) led all players in the match with 16 kills and added four digs. Daniel Downs (Reading, PA/Daniel Boone) added nine kills and one block assist, and Brandon Arentz (Mount Wolf, PA/Northeastern) finished with eight kills while leading his team with 14 digs and three block assists. Brian Sheddy (Shrewsbury, PA/Susquehannock) contributed seven kills and nine digs.

Tommy Kisick (Latrobe, PA/Greater Latrobe) led the Lions with 35 set assists, and he also added three digs and one solo block.

In Penn State Altoona's second and final match of the day, the Lions defeated Wilson (4-15, 2-6) in three sets by scores of 25-19, 25-22, and 25-15.

Colditz again led the Lions in kills with 15, and he also had one block assist. Downs recorded nine kills, five digs, and a block assist. Arentz and Sheddy finished with five kills apiece, with Arentz chipping in three digs and a solo block and Sheddy tallying five digs.

Kisick had a match-high 33 set assists to go along with three digs.

Rivera-Berrios led all players in the match with 13 digs.

Next up, Penn State Altoona men's volleyball hosts non-conference opponent Wilkes University on Wednesday, March 15 for a 7:00 p.m. match in the Adler Gym.

Photo: Penn State Altoona sophomore Bradley Colditz had 31 total kills in two matches on Saturday for the Lions.